elevation
The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.
Example
“elevation to a throne”
Other meanings
The condition of being or feeling elevated; heightened; exaltation.
That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station.
“A hill is an elevation of the ground.”
Synonyms
- lift
- raising
Antonyms
- depression
- reduction
Related words
- dextroelevation
- elevational
- laevoelevation
- paleoelevation
- superelevation
- angle of elevation
- Arkansas elevation
- self-elevation
- ST elevation
- boiling-point elevation
Example sentences
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “elevation” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.